What I can do in Mandarin…
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Interpretive Mode |
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Listening |
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| I can understand short, simple conversations and/or narratives within highly predictable and familiar topics as well as in live or recorded materials, replaying or repeating as needed. | ♦ | ||||
| I can recognize decontextualized speech such as would be found in a phone, Skype or other informal conversation. | ♦ | ||||
| I can identify the essential information of an extended conversation around me on short familiar topics provided that the language is spoken slowly and clearly—in other words, I can get the GIST of what is being said. | ♦ | ||||
| Reading | |||||
| I can understand a simple personal letter, email, text message or Tweet in which the writer tells or asks me about aspects of everyday life on familiar topics. | ♦ | ||||
| I can decipher and execute short, simple written directions and routine instructions, for example, I typically no longer need to have my homework assignments and test questions translated. | ♦ | ||||
| I can understand short narratives about everyday things dealing with topics that are familiar to me if the text is written in simple language. | ♦ | ||||
| I can identify basic questions on standardized forms well enough to give the most important information, e.g., reserve train tickets or reserve a hotel room. | ♦ | ||||
| I can explain online classified ads, e.g, job qualifications, car sales, and apartment rentals online using the vocabulary I know. | ♦ | ||||
| I can order clothes (or furnishings) from an online catalogue and would not have to return the clothes because they didn’t fit or a sofa was delivered when I had ordered a chair. | ♦ | ||||
| I can read real or online menus of a restaurant and select a complete meal that I would like to eat. | ♦ | ||||
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Interpersonal Communication Mode |
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| Even though I may stumble, I can interact using simple language in real-life situations such as ordering in a restaurant, making travel, hotel or plane reservations, making purchases in a store or post office, visiting with friends. | ♦ | ||||
| I can tell/ask someone how to get around campus or town, to a nearby hotel, library or restaurant. | ♦ | ||||
| I can arrange to go out with friends, discussing where to go, what to do, and when to meet. | ♦ | ||||
| I can start, maintain and end a simple face-to-face conversation on topics of personal interest. | ♦ | ||||
| I can ask people politely for things, give people things and ask them to do things for me. When they don’t do these things, I can TELL them to do so. | ♦ | ||||
| I can explain a simple story or describe an accident that happened in the past and even say what an idiot the other driver was. | ♦ | ||||
| I can tell about my plans for the future, what may happen to others, predict what the world will be like in 20 years, and indicate which of my classmates will have a building named after him or her on campus. | ♦ | ||||
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Presentational Mode |
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| I can politely present my needs, wants and preferences. | ♦ | ||||
| I can summarize short passages in simple fashion. | ♦ | ||||
| I can use appropriate idiomatic expressions. | ♦ | ||||
| I can sometimes talk about unfamiliar topics. | ♦ | ||||
| Writing | |||||
| I can write using culturally appropriate idiomatic expressions. | ♦ | ||||
| I can write simple descriptions using a variety of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles. | ♦ | ||||
| I can write on a familiar topic, using the present, future, and /or two past tenses. | ♦ | ||||
| I can write several paragraphs (250 words) consisting of a series of simple sentences on a topic with which I am familiar. | ♦ | ||||